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REVIEW | Upstart: Andrei Kravchuk's "The Italian"

It's something of a shame that the two most striking bits in Andrei Kravchuk's "The Italian" come, like bookends, at its beginning and end. The first finds a group of young children emerging like phantoms from the mist hovering over a bleak Russian bog to push an SUV run short of gas to its destina...

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Screen Media Launches Theatrical Distribution Division

DVD distribution outfit Screen Media will open a theatrical distribution wing, the company announced Wednesday, aiming to deliver six titles to screens per year. In the past year the company tested the waters by releasing Stephen Woolley's "Stoned" for limited release in 14 cities, as well as "Disaster! The Movie," which rolled out in more than 20 college markets. Making it official for 2007, the company's new theatrical unit will be run by Screen Media's president Robert Baruc, while Suzanne Blech, SVP of Acquisitions will oversee finding new films for the division. Screen Media's first release will be SXSW '06 film "Bickford Shmeckler's C...

PARK CITY '07 INTERVIEW | Ian Iqbal Rashid: "My main influences were the dance films I grew up with:

[EDITORS NOTE: indieWIRE is publishing two interviews daily with Sundance '07 competition filmmakers through the end of the festival later this month. Directors with films screening in the four competition section were given the opportunity to participate in an email interview, and each was sent the...

Israel Film Festival to Honor Sony's Amy Pascal

The 22nd annual Israel Film Festival will honor Amy Pascal, co-chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment at the fest's opening night's awards gala in Beverly Hills March 6, the event's executive director Meir Fenigstein announced Wednesday. "Amy's achievements within the film industry as well as her continued support of Israel, make her an ideal recipient for the Visionary Award," Fenigstein said. "She is a champion within the film community, has been embraced by The Consul General of Israel, Ehud Danoch, and we are looking forward to honoring her." The Los Angeles edition of the Israel Film Festival takes place March 7 - 22, with Miami and New Y...

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Nine Films Vying Foreign Language Oscar

Nine films have been named to a "short list" of titles vying for an Oscar nomination in the race for a best foreign language Academy Award, according to an announcement today from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Selected from the roster of 61 films submitted for consideration, the list includes: Rachid Bouchareb's "Days of Glory," (Algeria), Deepa Mehta's "Water" (Canada), Susanne Bier's "After the Wedding" (Denmark), Daniele Thompson's "Avenue Montaigne" (France), Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's "The Lives of Others" (Germany), Guillermo del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth" (Mexico), Paul Verhoeven's "Black Book" (The Netherland...

PARK CITY '07 INTERVIEW | David Sington: "At the end of 90 minutes the audience does feel it really

[EDITORS NOTE: indieWIRE is publishing two interviews daily with Sundance '07 competition filmmakers through the end of the festival later this month. Directors with films screening in the four competition section were given the opportunity to participate in an email interview, and each was sent the...

REVIEW | Paris Is Burning: Philippe Garrel's "Regular Lovers"

Circa 1974, Amos Vogel wrote that Philippe Garrel was "one of the most unknown important new directors" but "like Werner Herzog, he is too original and self-willed to become popular." What a difference thirty years makes: Herzog's the self-promoter of his folk-art persona, so successful that anyone ...